Firemen hurry to try to remove injured passengers from a double-decker lying on its side in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said. (Apple Daily via AP) less

Firemen hurry to try to remove injured passengers from a double-decker lying on its side in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 ... more

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Firemen hurry to try to remove injured passengers from a double-decker lying on its side in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said. (Apple Daily via AP) less

Firemen hurry to try to remove injured passengers from a double-decker lying on its side in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 ... more

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Firemen work at the scene of a bus crash in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in ... more

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Emergency crews cover a dead body at the scene of a bus crash in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said. (Apple Daily via AP) less

Emergency crews cover a dead body at the scene of a bus crash in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens ... more

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Firemen move an injured person from the scene of a bus crash in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said. (Apple Daily via AP) less

Firemen move an injured person from the scene of a bus crash in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens ... more

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Firemen work at the scene of a bus crash in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said. (Apple Daily via AP) less

Firemen work at the scene of a bus crash in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in ... more

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Emergency crews hurry to try to remove injured passengers from a double-decker lying on its side in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said. (Apple Daily via AP) less

Emergency crews hurry to try to remove injured passengers from a double-decker lying on its side in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, ... more

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19 killed, dozens hurt in Hong Kong double-decker bus crash

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HONG KONG (AP) — A double-decker bus lost control and crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 19 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said.

Local media reports said the bus tipped over and quoted passengers as saying it was full and traveling very fast.

Police said they are investigating and arrested the driver on dangerous driving charges.

The crash left 15 men and four women dead and sent more than 60 others to a hospital.

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A Russian Saratov Airlines passenger plane has crashed after taking off from a Moscow airport, reportedly leaving no survivors among the 71 people on board.
The Antonov An-148 aircraft went missing from radars after taking off from Domodedovo airport, according to TASS. The agency has quoted an emergency services source as saying all those on the aircraft were killed.
The plane was bound for the Russian city of Orsk in the Orenburg region that borders Kazakhstan, reports say.
It is said to have come down near the village of Argunovo, in the Ramenskoye District some 80 kilometres southeast of Moscow and 60 kilometres from Domodedovo.
Earlier, Interfax reported that a passenger plane had crashed and a source told the agency there was "no chance" of finding survivors.
RIA reported that there were 65 passengers and six crew members on board the Saratov Airlines plane. A rescue service source told the Russian news agency that the crashed plane was spotted from the air in the countryside in the Moscow region.
Russian state TV channel Rossiya-24 has shown footage of fragments of the plane in a snow-covered field.
The cause of the crash is not known. Russia's Investigative Committee has opened an investigation, RT reports, quoting Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) as saying that rescuers have arrived at the site and found two bodies.
The flight-tracking website Flightradar24 says Saratov Airlines flight #6W703 was using a seven-year-old Antonov An-148 aircraft.
Flightradar24 has also reported that it tracked the aircraft descending at 3.300 feet (1,000 metres) per minute some five minutes after take-off, before the signal was then lost.
The Moscow region has been hit by particularly heavy snowfalls in recent days, but it is not known whether this was a factor in the crash.
Saratov Airlines mainly operates domestic flights in Russia, with some services flying to Armenia and Georgia.

Media: Euronews

Photos and videos published by local media or posted on social media showed the bus lying on its side while emergency workers treat injured passengers.

TV channels broadcast footage of rescuers cutting open the roof of the bus, operated by the Kowloon Motor Bus Co., and bodies of passengers laid out on the ground, covered in white sheets.

Multiple passengers interviewed by the TVB and Cable TV news channels said the bus was speeding. The passengers were not identified by name.

The South China Morning Post newspaper said it was the Asian financial center's deadliest traffic accident since a 2003 bus crash killed 21 people.